Tuesday, September 25, 2012

What is Arma? . . . and Feed the Horses!

I was all like "HALLELUJAH!" because I ABHOR doing word verification junk. So I knew that you did too!But I keep getting comments like these:"I think a hunting method should be applied where you could kill fauna and get food which you will then need? to cook... i have never performed armathus please tell me if that is already in Also visit my weblog :: More Add-ons"AND, while I was immensely amused by this one and spent much time pondering how to perform "arma," I was also annoyed.

This was on a post about math games.

Not hunting fauna. I checked my inbox thinking someone has left me this insightful comment, and they want to talk about hunting strategies.

That is NOT my area of expertise. AND, then I read that Jen at The Teacher's Cauldron is throwing in the towel and putting it back on. She too is annoyed.

What are your thoughts on word verification? I am tired of being spammed. But I don't want to stifle your comments. Would you still be as likely to comment?I love comments.

Oh Snap! A Freebie!

AND . . . to thank you for your time I have uploaded this super easy freebie. Students will practice identifying equations that add up to either 16 or 24. It would be great as an early finisher activity. :)

I don't get much spam, but understand how annoying it can be! If I wanna comment I will regardless of the word verification. Also great freebie! We are working on this right now too!JessicaApples and Papers

I agree with you. I had word verification on, then I took it off, and then I put it back on. Only because I was seriously getting spam almost every day and It was driving me C-R-A-Z-Y!! I felt bad putting it back on. Also I don't get as many comments now. But It's better than getting those arma spam.ஐRikkiThe Hive

I get a bunch of Spam comments, but they go to spam folder and don't show up on my blog. I also have it set not to send me the spam comments via email - just the regular comments that get posted. Maybe that would help?

Hi Kasey! I abhor spam! I've been lucky enough that I haven't had any...but I think it's because that while I DON'T have the word verification on....I DO require that anyone who comments be a registered user. I really think this works! Fingers crossed at least! Perhaps you could try that before turning the word verification back on? Just a thought! :o)